Cave-In

[knux400]

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"Having Delve swim out could be useful. He could go get help of some kind, or warn people about the horror. But we shouldn't try anything like that right now. We don't know what the conditions are outside, and we don't know how close to the edge we are, like Delve said."

The group nods in agreement.

"And, uh, Delve? I've been taking pictures of everyone, just so we've got some kind of a record of events. In case we-"
"I-undeerstand." Delve cuts you off. He does a comical little pose for the camera.

"Anyway. We still need tools and resources, so... Same plan as before, for now. We keep making our way through these caves and gathering up as much materials and as many people as we can."
"Faair-enough. How-loong-have-you-been-waandering-for?" Delve asks.
"It's been... Almost 11 hours since I first fell."
"Good. I've-been-sitting-here-for-the-saame-amount-of-time, which-meeans-we-must've-come-from-the-same-grooup."
"So it hasn't eaten anyone else yet." Exclusit deadpans.
"Juust-wanted-to-be-sure. I'd-haate-for-anyone-else-to-be-stuck-down-here."

"Before we go, uh, how's everyone's battery looking?" Matri asks.
"87%. I charged mine before I left for work." You respond.
"63%." Exclusit responds.
"71%. I'd-been-reesting-until-you-guys-shoowed-up."
"Okay, okay, good!" Matri cheerily responds. There's a bit of an edge to their voice, though.
"...Are you doing okay?" You ask.
"I've... been at one bar for the last two hours. Botleys don't come with precise power readings, so..."
"One bar out of four?"
"Yup. So theoretically 25% or lower. I've never had it go below one bar, though, so it might be one of those ones where it displays an empty battery at some point."
"Why didn't you say anything sooner?!" Exclusit exclaims.
"I... Well, I didn't want to bother anyone. And it's not like there's any way we can recharge down here..."
"Ortho probably still has some charge left in them." You offer. "I don't know what a Botley charging port is like, but I could try and rig something up..."
"I'm not sure how well it would work." Matri responds sadly. "And besides, we might find someone who needs it more than I do."